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Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts)
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 03:59 PM Feb 2013

Aurora theater shooting victims harassed by conspiracy theorists

Source: Yahoo! News

Aurora theater shooting victims harassed by conspiracy theorists
By Liz Goodwin, Yahoo! News | The Lookout – 3 hrs ago.

Some survivors of the mass shooting in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater last year have been "relentlessly" harassed by conspiracy theorists who believe the shooting never happened, according to a court document.

In a court filing this week, Deputy District Attorney George Brauchler wrote that "proponents of purported 'conspiracies' ... have contacted victims in this case, some of whom have even gone so far as to recruit other members of the public to contact the victims and to publicly post maps with the home addresses and phone numbers of the victims on various social media sites."

The targeted people have expressed concerns about their "privacy and personal safety," the district attorney continued.

Lawyers for shooting suspect James Holmes have asked the Arapahoe County judge for a gag order preventing any materials in the case from being given to the press, arguing that doing so could prejudice a jury. The district attorney wants the gag order lifted, but asked in the filing that victims' names be censored out so they can avoid further harassment. The judge has yet to rule on whether or not to lift the gag order.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/aurora-theater-shooting-victims-harassed-conspiracy-theorists-162623463.html;_ylt=AqXRxKhO6D7cyH1XLYk9eQ.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNrcDQ1ZGkyBG1pdANNZWdhdHJvbiBGUARwa2cDMjY3ZjlhOTUtZDgwMi0zOGZhLWFhYWUtMWVkMWI4MThjOTJjBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNtZWdhdHJvbgR2ZXIDZDBhYWE3YTEtNzE1NS0xMWUyLWI4MDktMzMyYWFjNGRhZjJl;_ylg=X3oDMTJmbDZwOGgxBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QDaXB0Y19za3lzY3JhcGVyX3JlbGF0ZWQ-;_ylv=3

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Aurora theater shooting victims harassed by conspiracy theorists (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2013 OP
Freakin' idiots. blackspade Feb 2013 #1
Nutters Ian Iam Feb 2013 #20
Like rabid dogs. nt bemildred Feb 2013 #2
Since WBC is 2naSalit Feb 2013 #3
Ghastly! AAO Feb 2013 #4
What is this "conspiracy"? DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #5
probably same as Sandy Hook, that Obama planned the whole thing JI7 Feb 2013 #8
Sadly, those "theories" date back to gabby gifford's tragedy Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #17
America...the world is watching and reading riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #6
We can't put them in mental institutions, They_Live Feb 2013 #12
these people seem worse than the Phelps Thugs to me JI7 Feb 2013 #7
I immediately categorized them in the same heap. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #11
It will be interesting to see if any criminal charges Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #9
The first person they should sue would be Alex Jones. Crowman1979 Feb 2013 #14
Crazy NRA dudes... ReRe Feb 2013 #10
...freaks. SoapBox Feb 2013 #13
charge them with harassment crimes. boot them off social media sites and cancel their isp service. Sunlei Feb 2013 #15
Good idea! kentauros Feb 2013 #19
depraved, insane, immoral noiretextatique Feb 2013 #16
Same group of people that think Sandy Hook never happened too justiceischeap Feb 2013 #18
that should read "relentlessly terrorized" SemperEadem Feb 2013 #21
That is so sick. These nutters need to be in jail for making terrorist threats. nt SunSeeker Feb 2013 #22
God. These people need to be locked up. Kablooie Feb 2013 #23

2naSalit

(86,612 posts)
3. Since WBC is
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:19 PM
Feb 2013

circling the bowl, this is their replacement it would seem. There needs to be some kind of something to make this sort of activity punishable in some way. This set of tactics is getting out of hand and is going to cause something ugly soon, I suspect.

JI7

(89,249 posts)
8. probably same as Sandy Hook, that Obama planned the whole thing
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:42 PM
Feb 2013

and many of them are actors and some other shit in order to take away guns.

riverbendviewgal

(4,252 posts)
6. America...the world is watching and reading
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:31 PM
Feb 2013

Please get these people into mental asylums where they belong.

The victims should sue the pants off their harassers...that is the only thing the loonies understand...

JI7

(89,249 posts)
7. these people seem worse than the Phelps Thugs to me
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:41 PM
Feb 2013

with the phelps thugs they are mostly out in public with their protests. but these conspiracy theorists are invading the private lives of people. and they are just making it way more personal.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
9. It will be interesting to see if any criminal charges
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:46 PM
Feb 2013

or civil suits result from this mentally ill people.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
10. Crazy NRA dudes...
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:50 PM
Feb 2013

...at it again. Who else would harass shooting victims? This effing country is cracking up!

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
13. ...freaks.
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 07:50 PM
Feb 2013

America and the world are in some deep bizarre shit, with the likes of these TeaTurd types.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
19. Good idea!
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 10:14 PM
Feb 2013

I'd say cancel their phone service, too, and make it such that the only phones they're allowed to have are ones that can only call 911.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
18. Same group of people that think Sandy Hook never happened too
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 09:59 PM
Feb 2013

There is some photo floating about where they swear the same woman is at both Aurora and Newton--and that proves it was all theatre (to them).

SemperEadem

(8,053 posts)
21. that should read "relentlessly terrorized"
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 10:34 PM
Feb 2013

and the Patriot Act needs to be brought to bear on those domestic terrorists.

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
23. God. These people need to be locked up.
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 05:01 AM
Feb 2013

They should not be allowed to run free in society.
I wish they'd hurry up and establish their south American Jim Jones Tea Party fortress and lock themselves away from the world and reality.

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